Giudici 6:1-7

1 ORA i figliuoli d’Israele fecero ciò che dispiace al Signore: e il Signore li diede nelle mani de’ Madianiti per sette anni.
2 E la mano de’ Madianiti si rinforzò contro ad Israele; laonde i figliuoli d’Israele si fecero quelle grotte che son ne’ monti; e delle spelonche e delle rocche, per tema de’ Madianiti.
3 E, quando Israele avea seminato, i Madianiti, e gli Amalechiti, e gli Orientali, salivano contro a lui.
4 E, fatto campo sopra gl’Israeliti, guastavano i frutti della terra fino a Gaza; e non lasciavano in Israele nè vittuaglia, nè pecore, nè buoi, nè asini.
5 Perciocchè salivano con le lor gregge, e co’ lor padiglioni, e venivano come locuste in moltitudine; ed erano innumerabili, essi e i lor cammelli; e venivano nel paese per guastarlo.
6 Israele adunque impoverì grandemente, per cagion de’ Madianiti; laonde i figliuoli d’Israele gridarono al Signore.
7 E avvenne che, quando i figliuoli di Israele ebbero gridato al Signore, per cagion de’ Madianiti,

Giudici 6:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 6

In this chapter we have an account of the distressed condition Israel was in through the Midianites, Jud 6:1-6, of a prophet being sent unto them to reprieve them for their sins, Jud 6:7-10 of an angel appearing to Gideon, with an order to him to go and save Israel out of the hands of the Midianites, Jud 6:11-16 and of a sign given him by the angel, whereby he knew this order was of God, Jud 6:17-24, and of the reformation from idolatry in his father's family he made upon this, throwing down the altar of Baal, and building one for the Lord, Jud 6:25-32, and of the preparation he made to fight the Midianites and others, Jud 6:33-35, but first desired a sign of the Lord, that Israel would be saved by his hand, which was granted and repeated, Jud 6:36-40.

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